G2Peak 17 May 2024 at 18:00 UTC
Northern Lights on 17 May 2024 (Kp 6): Where They Were Visible
Kp reached 6. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 54.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 50.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 9 hours.
Kp 0–3 Kp 4 Kp 5–6 (G1–G2) Kp 7+ (G3+) Times in UTC; faded bars are forecasts.
Three-hourly Kp from GFZ, one day either side of the storm.
Where the aurora could be seen
650 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.
| Country | Places | Examples | Furthest from the pole |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 168 | Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle upon Tyne | Middlesbrough |
| Sweden | 133 | Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala | Trelleborg |
| Denmark | 93 | Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg | Nakskov |
| Finland | 70 | Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa | Raseborg |
| Norway | 49 | Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand | Mandal |
| Latvia | 39 | Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava | Daugavpils |
| Canada | 30 | Quebec City, Saguenay, Trois-Rivières, Lévis | Trois-Rivières |
| Lithuania | 25 | Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys | Kaunas |
| Estonia | 21 | Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu | Võru |
| New Zealand | 9 | Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Wānaka | Wānaka |
| Australia | 7 | Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie | Burnie |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau | Kostanay |
| Ireland | 2 | Letterkenny, Sligo | Sligo |
| Germany | 1 | Westerland | Westerland |
Only in photos
1,655 more towns could have caught a faint red or green glow low on the horizon with a phone or camera.
- PolandWarsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk
- HungaryBudapest, Debrecen, Szeged
- NetherlandsRotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague
- United StatesBuffalo, Rochester, Syracuse
- SloveniaLjubljana, Maribor, Celje
- SwitzerlandZürich, Geneva, Basel
- ChinaÜrümqi, Daqing, Qiqihar
- FranceNantes, Rennes, Angers
- CroatiaZagreb, Rijeka, Osijek
- AustriaVienna, Graz, Linz
- SlovakiaBratislava, Petržalka, Nitra
- ItalyTrieste, Trento, Bolzano
- LiechtensteinSchaan, Triesen, Balzers
- UkraineKyiv, Odesa
- South AfricaCape Town, Gqeberha
- ArgentinaUshuaia
- ChilePuerto Williams
- SerbiaBelgrade
Whether the aurora was actually seen also depended on the weather. Use this as a guide to where it was possible.